Watch Alabama State track and field coach Ritchie Beene preview the SWAC Outdoor championships in this short clip courtesy of ASU's sports information department.

The meets begins Friday and runs through Sunday at Ted
Gormley Stadium in New Orleans.

The Lady Hornets are looking to extend their legacy and earn
what would be their fourth consecutive conference crown.

Sprinter Jasmine Pope and field event participant Mia Mike took home the SWAC's weekly track and field awards Wednesday.

Pope finished first in the 100-meter dash, with a time of
12.07 and second in the 200, turning in a 24.62, at the South Alabama
Invitational, the team's most recent event.

Mike placed first in the shot put with a throw of 12.38
meters. She was sixth in the discus and seventh in the javelin.

First-place finishers for the men at South Alabama included
Shawn Lockhart who took the crown in the 100 with a 11.11 and 200 with a 22.08.
The 1,600-meter relay team of Brandon Coombs, Carlos Flores, Devauntay Brown
and Dyrez Ribeiro also finished first, posting time of 3:17.